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MLK Park Amphitheater Named in Honor of “Daniel Prude Square”
In the Community: City of Rochester News Release City officials have named the amphitheater in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park...
Harriet Tubman’s “Journey to Freedom” Sculpture
By Tyronda Jamestyrondajames@minorityreporter.net The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Celebration (HTBC) will take place at different venues in...
Monroe County, City of Rochester Welcome Harriet Tubman Statue to George Washington Square Park
In the Community: a Monroe County and the City of Rochester News Release Monroe County Executive Adam Bello, Rochester Mayor Malik Evans,...
Civil Rights Leaders Honored in Mural at East High School
By Tracie Isaactracieisaac@minorityreporter.net A moment in Rochester’s civil rights history has been captured in a mural celebrating...
The Legacy of Malcolm X, Honored and Celebrated in Rochester
By Tyronda James Tyrondajames@minorityreporer.net The legacy of the great Malcolm X is being honored and celebrated here in the city of...
Musician Envisions “Community Unity” Through the Hosea Taylor Jr., Memorial Community Concert Band
By Tracie Isaactracieisaac@minorityreporter.net Beginning on June 25th from 12noon to 2pm at East High School, and on every other...
Gloria Langston, Co-Founder of WDKX Has Passed
By Tyronda Jamestyrondajames@minorityreporter.net Gloria Langston, co-founder of local radio station WDKX has died. The radio station made...
Dr. David “Sankofa” Anderson Receives the Liberty Medal
By Tracie IsaacTracieisaac@minorityreporter.net For more than four decades Dr. David “Sankofa” Anderson is acknowledged as the renowned...
Unchained: Artist’s Exhibition Reflects Spirituality, Black Activism
Tyronda Jamestyrondajames@minorityreporter.net Allan Rohan Crite was a Boston-based African American artist, whose art reflects the pursuit...
New NYS Legislation Focuses on Strengthening Black Families And Uplifting Generations
By Tracie Isaac / tracieisaac@minorityreporter.net Recently the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus (BPHA) and...
